The Goodyear Fire Department is one of the first fire departments in the country to take a major step toward preventing firefighters from getting cancer from the important work they do.
Goodyear opened up Station 186 near Willis and Rainbow Valley roads in early January.
The station is one of three that will be built with special air partitioning systems to keep carcinogens away from firefighters in between calls. - PUB DATE: 2/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPNX-TV NBC 12 Phoenix
With the Alabama state legislative session starting on Feb. 2, a bill has already been proposed to give more help towards first responders suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder.
When people hear the term PTSD, most do not think about firefighters, police officers, or other safety staff.
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 30 percent of first responders are expected to develop some type of behavioral condition. - PUB DATE: 2/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDHN-TV ABC 18 Dothan
VIDEO: A huge fire broke out overnight inside a recycling plant in New Jersey.
The 11-alarm fire is contained but is still not under control at Atlantic Fiber Company that started just after midnight Saturday.
Firefighters from over 20 departments including Rutherford, Paterson, Lodi and Wallington responded to the fire on the brutally cold night. - PUB DATE: 2/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York
PHOTOS: A crew from Lakeside Fire House was sent to the hospital Sunday morning when their firetruck rolled off the road while it was snowing.
Henrico Fire tweeted on Sunday, Jan. 31 around 10:50 a.m. that it received a call that one of its units -- Henrico Fire Engine 305 -- was involved in a rollover accident. - PUB DATE: 2/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVEC-TV ABC 13 Hampton
Dylan Mercier was not unlike any number of boys growing up. He loved playing with toy cars and trucks.
The St. Anne man, who recently had his Mack semi-tractor and trailer wrapped to pay tribute to firefighters, is now stepping into a world he never could have imagined.
Mercier, who will soon turn the age of 20, was contacted by die cast toy manufacturer First Gear, Inc. - PUB DATE: 2/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Journal - Metered Site
A Durham company is developing a new technology that will help fight COVID-19.
It’s what EmitBio said will potentially save millions of lives. The handheld device is inserted into the mouth aims precise wavelengths of targeted light at a spot in the back of the throat known as your oropharynx. It’s turned on for five minutes, and later that same day the treatment is repeated. - PUB DATE: 2/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTW-TV CBS 13 Florence
VIDEO: Beautiful, hand-made wooden American flags to benefit local fire departments -- that’s the idea behind Flags for Frontlines.
Michael Jolley is a 17-year-old volunteer firefighter at Ryegate Fire Department.
“I just have a passion for volunteer firefighting, I went to emergency services and criminal justice at Riverbank Career and Technical Center in Bradford where I just really found my passion in Emergency Services through that,” he says. - PUB DATE: 2/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCAX-TV CBS 3 Burlington
Six people died and 10 were injured following a liquid nitrogen leak at a food processing facility in Gainesville.
Fire crews from Hall County and Gainesville responded to a report of burns at Foundation Food Group around 10:12 a.m. When units arrived, Zach Brackett of Hall County Fire Services said they found a large group of employees that had evacuated, along with multiple people who were experiencing medical emergencies in and around the facility. - PUB DATE: 1/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGCL-TV CBS 46 Atlanta
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) National Response Team has been deployed to assist the Chula Vista Fire Department in the investigation into the shoe store fire that injured four firefighters Monday.
The fire broke out at around 5:40 p.m., inside the Action Footwear, at 655 H Street, according to the Chula Vista Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 1/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNSD-TV NBC 39 San Diego
VIDEO: Firefighters were called to a fire Thursday evening at the Meredith Marina and Boating Center.
Meredith police dispatch confirmed that a building was fully involved in flames. Witnesses said they heard and felt an explosion. Thick smoke could be seen coming from the area of the marina.
"There was a loud explosion. - PUB DATE: 1/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMUR-TV ABC 9 Manchester
On Thursday, Harris County officials outlined all the actions it has taken over the past two years to enhance environmental monitoring and enforcement.
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said since the ITC chemical fire that happened in Deer Park in March 2019, county officials have been taken numerous steps to protect the county's environment against threats to public health and safety. - PUB DATE: 1/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston
More infectious COVID-19 variants have emerged around the world, and experts are saying the United States must adapt to a changed pandemic playing field.
According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, these variants spread more easily, and it’s unknown whether the illness caused is more severe. - PUB DATE: 1/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News
VIDEO: A female FDNY EMT was assaulted at the scene of a three-alarm fire in the Bronx that damaged seven businesses.
The fire broke out on Westchester Avenue in the Parkchester section just before 6:30 a.m. Thursday, right near the elevated subway tracks.
The fire appears to have started in a 99-cent store. - PUB DATE: 1/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York
VIDEO: One NASA Kennedy Space Center firefighter went above and beyond in his rescue back in October.
A broken scaffolding left a team of painters hanging on the side of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center. The painters were dangling 375-feet above ground while painting the flag on the VAB. - PUB DATE: 1/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOFL-TV FOX 35 Orlando
The Bourne Fire Department has been selected to take part in a nationwide program with a goal of building a digital tool that will share information on community risk factors.
Assistant Fire Chief David S. Pelonzi announced that Bourne Fire/Rescue and Emergency Services was selected by the National Fire Protection Association to participate in the second phase of the pilot program. - PUB DATE: 1/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cape News - Metered Site
Scientists around the world are on the lookout for new COVID-19 variants, which are caused by mutations of the virus when its replication machinery makes an error. Experts say these mutations and the new variants are normal and to be expected.
In recent months, so-called variants of concern have been identified in the U. - PUB DATE: 1/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News
When we need help, first responders are the ones who answer the call. Firefighters, EMTs, and police officers put their health and lives at risk every day to serve those in their community.
During the pandemic, those risks have only become more pronounced as first responders venture into dozens of homes each week, many of them for COVID-19-related calls. - PUB DATE: 1/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KERO-TV ABC 23 Bakersfield
A fiery crash between a pickup truck and an antique Chevrolet was captured on camera on Sunday near Atlantic City, New Jersey.
According to Galloway Township police, a Ford F-150 pickup truck hit the back of a 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air about 8 p.m.
Footage from multiple security cameras and broadcast on NBC News Philadelphia showed the antique vehicle burst into flames. - PUB DATE: 1/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News
A former Kansas City firefighter believes he’s developed a product that could be a game-changer in getting COVID-19 vaccines to people at the temperatures in which the doses need to be stored.
On Tuesday, Edward Collins gave FOX4 an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at his company, Vaccine Pods.
“We assure that these vaccines are making it to the end user and the shot in the arm and the proper temperature the entire time,” Collins said. - PUB DATE: 1/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDAF-TV Fox 4 Kansas City
AUDIO: Rescue 42 CEO Tim O’Connell describes how agency-owned Compact Rapid Deployable (CRD) units can provide an easy-to-deploy FirstNet cell tower that can be transported to an incident site with first responders, typically sooner than deployable can arrive from FirstNet, built by AT&T. AT&T cited the CRD program as part of its innovation announcement on Tuesday. - PUB DATE: 1/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: IWCE's Urgent Communications
